View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Archivio istituzionale della ricerca - Università di Camerino Journal of Bryology ISSN: 0373-6687 (Print) 1743-2820 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yjbr20 New national and regional bryophyte records, 50 L. T. Ellis, C. Ah-Peng, M. Aleffi, K. Baráth, M. Brugués, E. Ruiz, W. R. Buck, I. V. Czernyadjeva, P. Erzberger, L. B. Fantecelle, G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, C. A. T. Araújo, B. A. Oliveira, A. S. Maciel-Silva, N. J. M. Gremmen, S.-L. Guo, T. A. Hedderson, E. February, N. Wilding, V. Hugonnot, M. Kırmacı, H. Kürschner, M. Lebouvier, A. Mesterházy, R. Ochyra, M. Philippe, V. Plášek, Z. Skoupá, S. Poponessi, D. Gigante, R. Venanzoni, K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu, A. K. Asthana, M. S. Sabovljević, A. D. Sabovljević, A. Schäfer-Verwimp & S. Wierzcholska To cite this article: L. T. Ellis, C. Ah-Peng, M. Aleffi, K. Baráth, M. Brugués, E. Ruiz, W. R. Buck, I. V. Czernyadjeva, P. Erzberger, L. B. Fantecelle, G. F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, C. A. T. Araújo, B. A. Oliveira, A. S. Maciel-Silva, N. J. M. Gremmen, S.-L. Guo, T. A. Hedderson, E. February, N. Wilding, V. Hugonnot, M. Kırmacı, H. Kürschner, M. Lebouvier, A. Mesterházy, R. Ochyra, M. Philippe, V. Plášek, Z. Skoupá, S. Poponessi, D. Gigante, R. Venanzoni, K. K. Rawat, V. Sahu, A. K. Asthana, M. S. Sabovljević, A. D. Sabovljević, A. Schäfer-Verwimp & S. Wierzcholska (2017): New national and regional bryophyte records, 50, Journal of Bryology, DOI: 10.1080/03736687.2016.1259931 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03736687.2016.1259931 Published online: 12 Jan 2017. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 25 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=yjbr20 New national and regional bryophyte records, 50 L. T. Ellis1, C. Ah-Peng2, M. Aleffi3, K. Baráth4, M. Brugués5, E. Ruiz5, W. R. Buck6, I. V. Czernyadjeva7, P. Erzberger8, L. B. Fantecelle9, G. F. Peñaloza- Bojacá9, C. A. T. Araújo9, B. A. Oliveira9, A. S. Maciel-Silva9, N. J. M. Gremmen10, S.-L. Guo11, T. A. Hedderson12, E. February12, N. Wilding12, V. Hugonnot13, M. Kırmacı14, H. Kürschner15, M. Lebouvier16, A. Mesterházy17, R. Ochyra18, M. Philippe19, V. Plášek20, Z. Skoupá20, S. Poponessi21, D. Gigante21, R. Venanzoni21,K.K.Rawat22, V. Sahu22, A. K. Asthana22, M. S. Sabovljević23, A. D. Sabovljević23, A. Schäfer-Verwimp24, S. Wierzcholska25 1The Natural History Museum, London, UK, 2Université de La Réunion, Saint-Pierre, Ile de La Réunion, 3University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy, 4Institute of Biology, University of West Hungary, Szombathely, Hungary, 5Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain, 6The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA, 7Komarov Botanical Institute of Russian Academy of Science, St Petersburg, Russia, 8Berlin, Germany, 9Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10Diever, The Netherlands, 11Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Shi, China, 12University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, 13Conservatoire botanique national du Massif central, Chavaniac Lafayette, France, 14Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Kepez-Aydin, Turkey, 15Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16CNRS UMR 6553, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, 17Celldömölk, Hungary, 18W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, 19Université Lyon-1 et UMR CNRS 5023 (Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés), Villeurbanne, France, 20University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 21University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, 22CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India, 23Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, 24Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany, 25Białowieża Geobotanical Station, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland 1. Andreaea flexuosa R.Br.bis have subsequently been recognised as a separate Contributors: R. Ochyra and N. J. M. Gremmen taxon, A. flexuosa subsp. luisieri Sérgio & Sim-Sim Heard Island, Subantarctica: Eastern slope of (Sérgio & Sim-Sim, 2012). In the south-cool-temperate Scarlet Hill, 340 m a.s.l., 53°06ʹ18ʺS, 73°38ʹ23ʺE, on zone A. flexuosa has hitherto been recorded only from red consolidated scoriae and lava, exposed, forming the Falkland Islands (Ellis et al., 2016c) and in the small cushions on rock, associated with Subantarctic it was reported solely from Marion Bucklandiella pachydictyon (Cardot) Bednarek- Island in the Prince Edward Islands archipelago Ochyra & Ochyra, 27 January 2001, leg. N. J. M. (Sérgio & Sim-Sim, 2012). The species was also Gremmen No. H-0994A (KRAM). expected to be found on other subantarctic islands Andreaea flexuosa is a distinct but still poorly under- and its present discovery on Heard Island substantiates stood species, with an inadequately known geographi- this assumption. This highly isolated and heavily gla- cal distribution. Murray (2006) provided generalised ciated island is situated about 500 km south-east of information on its range, which mainly covered the Îles Kerguelen and is among the most remote places temperate regions in the southern hemisphere, includ- on the globe. For this reason it was seldom visited ing all major land masses of New Zealand, Tasmania, by biologists and its moss flora was rather poorly SE Australia, South Africa and South America, with known. Selkirk et al. (2008) reported some 40 species some northward extensions to Madagascar, New from this island but since then 14 species have been Guinea, the Hawaiian Islands and Madeira in added to the island’s bryoflora (e.g. Ellis et al., 2011, Macaronesia. The populations from the latter island 2014a, 2015b, 2016b). Including the present record, the moss flora of Heard Island now consists of 55 Correspondence to: L. T. Ellis, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural species, which is still the lowest diversity of mosses of History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. Email: l.ellis@ all the subantarctic islands. nhm.ac.uk © British Bryological Society 2017 DOI 10.1080/03736687.2016.1259931 Journal of Bryology 2017 1 Bryological Notes 2. Breutelia diffracta Mitt. Hitherto, Bucklandiella crispipila has been recorded Contributors: T. A. Hedderson and N. Wilding in sub-Saharan Africa from Rwanda (Ochyra, 1993), La Réunion, Indian Ocean: Commune Saint-Louis, Kwa Zulu-Natal in South Africa (Hodgetts et al., Forêt des Makes, along forest road to Camp 2000, 1999) and Uganda (O’Shea et al., 2003). Now, the 21.1847°S, 55.4093°E, 1550 m a.s.l., on soil bank species is recorded for the first time from the under Acacia Mill. and Cryptomeria D.Don, 26 Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) November 2014, leg. T.A. Hedderson 18784 (BOL, where it was found on the north-western slope and in REU); Commune Cilaos, Cirque de Cilaos. Bras Sec the summit area of Mount Karisimbi. This volcano area, sentier Le Bonnet de Prétre, 21.1547°S, is situated on the border of the Democratic Republic 55.4915°E, 1250 m a.s.l., on tops of boulders in moist, of Congo and Rwanda and in fact the first record of dense forest on steep slope above river, 4 December B. crispipila from Africa originated from the 2014, leg. T.A. Hedderson 18838 (BOL, REU). Rwandan part of this mountain. Breutelia diffracta is known from a broad range Bucklandiella crispipila is an oreophyte having its across tropical Africa (O’Shea, 2006), including the main centre of occurrence in the American nearby island of Madagascar, so its presence on Cordillera where it ranges from Mexico in North Réunion is scarcely surprising. It is possible that speci- America (Frisvoll, 1988) through the Central mens reported by de Sloover (1975) under B. perrieri American isthmus (Allen, 2002) to Bolivia and Thér. actually belong here, and de Sloover notes that south-eastern Brazil (Bednarek-Ochyra et al., 1999). ‘ C’est avec beaucoup d’hesitation que je rapporte les The reports of this species from the temperate zone deux recoltes de La Réunion a B. perrieri. Elles me of southern South America (Deguchi, 1984; Frisvoll, semblent presque impossibles a distinguer de B. dif- 1988) are based on the incorrect conspecificity of this fracta al’etat vegetatif.’ species with B. striatipila (Cardot) Bednarek-Ochyra The material that we report here is gametophytically & Ochyra (Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra, 2010). indistinguishable from the numerous mainland Apart from Africa, B. crispipila was also reported African specimens of B. diffracta that we have exam- from Papua New Guinea (Blockeel et al., 2007)but ined. None of the Réunion specimens assigned to this record proved to be erroneous. Consequently, either species is fertile, so the apparently diagnostic the phytogeographical status of B. crispipila has to sporophytic characters cannot be applied. Clearly the be redefined and along with over 80 other species of relationship between B. diffracta and B. perrieri moss (e.g. Allen & Crosby, 1986 ; Ochyra et al., 1992; needs to be evaluated, preferably with molecular data. Wilbraham & Matcham, 2010; Ellis et al., 2012b; 3. Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) P.Gaertn., Atwood, 2015) it must be considered to be an amphi- B.Mey. & Scherb. atlantic Afro-American species. Contributor: T. A. Hedderson 5. Bucklandiella lamprocarpa (Müll.Hal.) Bednarek- Malawi: Mulanje, Mount Mulanje, granite slabs Ochyra & Ochyra and forest edge along river, ca 0.5 km above Mulanje Contributors: R. Ochyra and V. Plášek Resort, 16.01516°S, 35.52119°E, 905 m a.s.l., in rock Chile: XI Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez pools near river, 15 June 2010, leg. T.A. Hedderson del Campo, Provincia de General Carrera; Los 17519 (BOL). Alamos south of Lago Negro at the southernmost This nearly cosmopolitan species ranges from end of Lago General Carrera, between Puerto Ethiopia to South Africa in the mountains of east Bertrand and Puerto Guadal at Carretera Austral — and central Africa, including the East African Ruta 7, 46°54ʹ36ʺS, 72°47ʹ24ʺW, 345 m a.s.l., on sub- Islands and is known from most countries adjacent merged or exposed stones in a small stream flowing to Malawi (Ochi, 1972; O’Shea, 2006).